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A new cancer treatment approach — light-based therapy — has been shown to kill cancer cells in mice, reports Technology Review's Erica Westly. The method, developed by researchers at NCI, utilizes a heat-sensitive fluorescent dye paired with cancer-specific antibodies — the dye heats up and burns small holes into the membrane of the cell it is attached to when exposed to near-infrared light, killing the cell, Westly says.

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